Parks and Buildings
e-mail: parks@twp.montgomery.nj.us
With a staff of eight operators, two custodians, and one foreman, and using environmentally friendly alternatives to indiscriminate spraying of chemical pesticides for lawns, trees and shrubs, this division presently maintains approximately 90 acres of parklands. This includes six baseball fields, ten soccer fields, and ten playgrounds. The division also maintains operations and cleanliness of the municipally owned public buildings.

Roads
e-mail: roads@twp.montgomery.nj.us
This division employs ten operators and one foreman in the maintenance of drainage ditches and other drainage facilities around town, installing driveway inlets, roadside mowing, erection and removal of snow-fence, snow plowing, salting and anti-icing and patching of roads, and other general maintenance of the roadways. The division presently maintains approximately 135 miles of roadway.

Roadway Maintenance Issues - Before You Call ...

Please first identify if the road is maintained by Montgomery Township or the State of New Jersey or Somerset County:

Route 206 is a New Jersey State Highway maintained by the NJ Dept. of Transportation.

For NJDOT's Pothole, Maintenance, and Deer Reporting Form, go to:

http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/commuter/potholeform.shtm

Somerset County Roads

Any main roads in Montgomery, excluding Rt. 206, associated with a route number are maintained by Somerset County. These include Dutchtown-Harlingen Rd. (Rt. 604), Belle Mead-Blawenburg Rd aka The Great Rd. (Rt. 601), Georgetown-Franklin Turnpike (Rt. 518), River Rd. (Rt. 533), and Kingston-River Rd. (Rt. 605).

For Somerset County Pothole Reporting:

http://www.co.somerset.nj.us/publicworks/roadcomplaint.html  -- or email -- RoadDiv@co.somerset.nj.us

For Township Maintained Public Roads Only....

Montgomery Township has a Pothole Hotline so that residents can report pothole problems in the Township directly to road foreman Joe Kane.

The Montgomery Township Pothole Hotline number is 908-874-8947.

Pothole hotline calls are recorded every day and monitored Monday through Friday. If you wish to report a pothole on the weekend, please leave the information on the hotline unless you feel it warrants an emergency and requires immediate attention. If the pothole presents an immediate hazard, residents should contact the Montgomery Township Police Department at 908-359-3222. Resident reports are appreciated as they help township crews be aware of and correct problem situations.

Sewer Division
e-mail: sewer@twp.montgomery.nj.us
The sewer division now has eight (8) operators, a laboratory supervisor and a Chief Operator. We maintain eight (8) advanced wastewater treatment facilities and nine (9) sewage pumping stations. We are responsible for fifty-six (56) miles sewer lines. These operators are charged with meeting some of the most restrictive discharge limits in New Jersey for non-trout streams. The laboratory is certified for some of the compliance testing. The sewer utility relies on contractors for some lab testing, maintenance and excavation.

Ordinance Amending Section 11-3 of Code - Recycling

Small business can utilize Somerset County Recycling Center as of Jan. 4, 2010. Click Here to view announcement.

Electronics Recycling - As of October 1, 2010, Somerset County offers drop-off of computers and electronics waste at a State permitted facility in Somerset Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Newtech Recycling Inc. is located off Route 287 at Exit 12-Weston Canal Road.  Take Weston Canal Road South to Apgar Drive to the loading dock around back. To learn more about Newtech Recycling Inc., visit www.newtechrecycling.com or call (732) 564-3110.

E-waste drop-off is still also available as part of 1st Sat. of month recycling drop-off at the Recycling Center at 40 Polhemus Lane, Bridgewater.  For more information about this program, contact Recycling Coordinator Melissa Harvey at (908) 231-7109 or harvey@co.somerset.nj.us.

Household Hazardous Waste - Somerset County sponsors disposal on specific dates at various locations. Call the County at (908) 231-7031 for further information. Household Hazardous Waste Drop-off days are listed in a publication found at http://www.co.somerset.nj.us/recycle.html

Plastics - Plastics #1 - #7 Recycling Guidance from Somerset County

Used Tires may be dropped off on the first Saturday of the month at the County Recycling Center at 40 Polhemus Lane in Bridgewater from 8:00 a.m. until noon. There is an eight (8) tire maximum at any one time. Call Somerset County for details.

Used Oil:
The following will accept waste oil in our area. Call before you go to make sure they are open and accepting oil at this time.

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